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Gary Malcolm Wright (April 26, 1943 – September 4, 2023) was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver (1975), came after he had spent seven years in London as, alternately, a member of the British blues rock band Spooky Tooth and a ...
The Dream Weaver is a solo album by American singer and musician Gary Wright released in July 1975.. The album was said by Wright to be the first-ever all-keyboard album (though there were many all-synthesizer LPs before this, including Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos, in 1968), but in fact it also features drums, vocals, and guitar, among other instruments.
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Gary Wright -- the singer-songwriter best known for his iconic single "Dream Weaver," has died. He was 80.Wright died Monday at his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, according to his son ...
Gary Wright, best known for the 1970s hits "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive," died Monday morning at his home in Palos Verdes Estates.
Wright re-recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 1992 film Wayne's World. [20] He performed the song on an episode of The Midnight Special. It was also used in the 2010 animated film Toy Story 3, where Barbie meets Ken at the sunnyside daycare. The song currently serves as the entrance music for New York Yankees closer Luke Weaver. [21]
Recorded in 1971, [15] the album was engineered by Andy Johns, Wright's co-producer on Extraction, [16] and Chris Kimsey, [17] and again featured McCracken. [18] Although only Wright received a production credit on the album, [17] he has since stated that Harrison produced part of Footprint, [5] [19] and has variously named "Two Faced Man" [20] and "Stand for Your Rights" [13] as having been ...
Gary Wright began writing songs for The Light of Smiles while on tour in 1976, [1] having become a popular concert draw with the success of The Dream Weaver. [2] Recording started in Los Angeles during the summer, with Wright using members of his tour band, including keyboardist Peter Reilich and drummer Art Wood, and session musicians David Foster and Jim Keltner, [3] both of whom had ...